San Jose controlled this game for the first 10 minutes. They were playing at a frenetic pace and causing multiple turnovers from the Stars. Cody Eakin turned the puck over right in front of Kari and was lucky that the Sharks didn’t score a goal.

The forecheck from San Jose was causing huge problems. Lehtonen also nearly got caught behind the net with puck after an aggressive forecheck from the Sharks.

This first period was all about Kari Lehtonen and his ability to keep the puck out of the net. San Jose could’ve easily had a 3-0 lead.

Stalock absolutely robbed Jamie Benn of a goal with six minutes left in the period. Benn received a pass on the left side of Stalock just outside the crease and ostensibly had a wide open net. Stalock quickly got over and made a fantastic glove save to keep the game at 0-0.

Rich Peverley took a very rare penalty in the first half of the period. The Stars were able to shut down the Sharks PP pretty easily though.

Dallas played some great defense for most of this period and kept Kari clean. Dallas really slowed the game down and the Sharks from the first 10 minutes of the first period were nowhere to be seen. It was a long stretch of some listless hockey.

It all changed though with just two minutes to go as Marty Havlat was able to tip a puck by Lehtonen. It was pretty much the only time in the period in which San Jose put pressure on Kari and it led a goal.